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tuff
/tʌf/
adj 2noun 1name 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
volcaniclastic
VERB + TUFF
rock
Definitions
noun
1
A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.
adj
1
Eye dialect spelling of tough.
Tuff Stuff teaches that while life may go smoothly most of the time, ...
… yet never to make us so strong as the strongest of Men, whose Sinnews are tuffer, and Bones stronger, and Joints closer, and Flesh firmer, than ours are …
2
Impressive, amazing, awesome, cool.
bro thinks he's tuff
name
1
A surname.
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Synonyms
noun — hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
- tufa
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Idioms & Phrases
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This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.
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Tuff Stuff teaches that while life may go smoothly most of the time, ...
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… yet never to make us so strong as the strongest of Men, whose Sinnews are tuffer, and Bones stronger, and Joints closer, and Flesh firmer, than ours are …
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It was rave reviewed in the Caribbean Times as 'the ruffest, tuffest and the boo-yacka of all modern gangster novels'.
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